outrage fatigue

[urbpan]

Things I like about xmas:

frosted cookies

fun stuff people make with snow (igloos, forts, mazes, snowdragons, etc.)

booze-fueled and/or scantily-clad santa-themed events

families checking in with one another

day off from work (this year--probably not next year now that they know I'm a Scrinch and a Grooge)

inexpensive gift boxes of baileys and various whiskeys

it all comes to a shuddering halt after tuesday (it will be safe to shop and listen to the radio)



On this day in 365 Urban Species: Rocky Mountain Juniper.

Happy Winter Solstice.

Comments

[artemii.livejournal.com]

you have a dangly a href. :)

the solstice is so late in the evening this year (1:08 EST tonight) that it'll be the first winter solstice in a while that i wasn't up to spend a few minutes quietly observing as it passes.

Good God, man! Stay strong!

[ndozo.livejournal.com]

Aw c'mon, don't get all sentimental now! I thought of you when I saw a poinsettia that not only had been dusted with glitter, but had been airbrushed purple as well.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

I would also add warm, spiced drinks of alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties, the excuse to bring a balsam fir into my house, candy canes, and lights.

And my birthday.

[sin-agua.livejournal.com]

I went to ToysRUs last night (as an early Christmas gift to my husband, who is entirely too freaked out at the moment, bless his heart) and it was, predictably, a mad house.

However, in the spirit of being POSITIVE, here's what I like about Christmas:

~"A Charlie Brown Christmas" on tv
~making garlands of popcorn and cranberries and stuff (haven't done that in AGES - must do again)
~sending out cards (even though I bitch about it every year)
~receiving cards from friends and family
~snow
~bare trees against overcast skies
~certain Christmas carols, sung by a proper choir (not the f-ing Chipmunks or Celine Dion or Toby Keith)
~the look on our son's face Christmas morning

[harrietbrown.livejournal.com]

Not that one needs a special occasion for this, but CHOCOLATE!!!

[bellelvsbeast.livejournal.com]

I like those things too...;)